Camp of National Unity

The Camp of National Unity (OZN) was a Polish political party that existed from 1937 to 1940. The party was founded by Josef Pilsudski's successor Edward Smigly-Rydz, who united the various government factions under his leadership. The OZN labelled Jews as a foreign element that should be deprived of all civil rights and expelled altogether, modeling is "13 theses" on the Jewish question after the Nuremberg Laws. By 1938, the party had 100,000 members, but the party was forced to go underground after Nazi Germany's 1939 invasion of Poland at the start of World War II. The OZN's armed wing fought alongside the Polish Underground State during the war.